cryptic 音标拼音: [kr'ɪptɪk]
a . 秘密的,神秘的,含义模糊的,隐藏的
秘密的,神秘的,含义模糊的,隐藏的
cryptic adj 1 :
of an obscure nature ; "
the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms "; "
a deep dark secret "; "
the inscrutable workings of Providence ";
"
in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life "-
Rachel Carson ; "
rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands " [
synonym : {
cryptic },
{
cryptical }, {
deep }, {
inscrutable }, {
mysterious },
{
mystifying }]
2 :
having a secret or hidden meaning ; "
cabalistic symbols engraved in stone "; "
cryptic writings "; "
thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements "-
John Gunther [
synonym :
{
cabalistic }, {
kabbalistic }, {
qabalistic }, {
cryptic },
{
cryptical }, {
sibylline }]
3 :
having a puzzling terseness ; "
a cryptic note "
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L .
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ptein to hide .]
Hidden ;
secret ;
occult . "
Her [
nature '
s ]
more cryptic ways of working ." --
Glanvill .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
incomprehensible to those not familiar with the culture or jargon ;
as ,
the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms .
Syn :
inscrutable ,
mysterious ,
mystifying .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
3 .
having a secret or hidden meaning ;
as ,
cryptic symbols engraved in stone ;
cryptic writings .
Syn :
cabalistic ,
occult ,
secret ,
sibylline .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
3 .
having a puzzling terseness ;
as ,
a cryptic note .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
4 .
not evident ;
unrecognized ;
as ,
a cryptic infection .
[
PJC ]
5 .
written in a code or cipher ;
as ,
a cryptic message .
Syn :
encoded ,
enciphered ,
encrypted .
[
PJC ]
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "
cryptic ":
abstruse ,
arcane ,
between the lines ,
cabalistic ,
cabbalistic ,
censored ,
classified ,
close ,
closed ,
concealed ,
covert ,
dark ,
delitescent ,
dormant ,
enigmatic ,
equivocal ,
esoteric ,
evasive ,
hermetic ,
hibernating ,
hidden ,
hush -
hush ,
incomprehensible ,
inexplicable ,
inscrutable ,
latent ,
lurking ,
muffled ,
murky ,
mysterious ,
mystic ,
mystical ,
mystifying ,
nebulous ,
obfuscated ,
obscure ,
obscured ,
occult ,
opaque ,
perplexing ,
possible ,
potential ,
puzzling ,
recondite ,
restricted ,
riddling ,
secret ,
secretive ,
sleeping ,
smothered ,
sphinxlike ,
stifled ,
strange ,
submerged ,
suppressed ,
tenebrous ,
top secret ,
ulterior ,
unbreatheable ,
unclear ,
under security ,
under the surface ,
under wraps ,
underlying ,
undisclosable ,
undisclosed ,
undivulgable ,
undivulged ,
unfathomable ,
uninformative ,
unmanifested ,
unrevealable ,
unrevealed ,
unspoken ,
untellable ,
untold ,
unutterable ,
unuttered ,
unwhisperable ,
vague ,
veiled ,
virtual
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